Daniil Dubov Becomes Final Participant of FIDE Grand Prix Series

The Russian grandmaster was nominated by the organiser.

World Chess, the organiser of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix, has nominated the Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov as the final Wild Card to the Series. He will join 23 elite chess players, including Wesley So, Anish Giri, Alexander Grischuk, Vladimir Fedoseev, FIDE-nominated Hikaru Nakamura, and others who will compete for two spots in the Candidates Tournament, the final qualifier for the World Chess Championship.

Ilya Merenzon, World Chess CEO, comments on nominating Dubov: "We enjoy following and working with Dubov and appreciate his openness and clear passion for chess. We are sure the chess fans will support our decision and we are also developing ways to make more people meet Daniil: in the next few weeks we will introduce the official Daniil Dubov bot on FIDE Online Arena — the bot is trained to play in the signature Dubov style, so don’t expect many draws! This is the second time World Chess nominates Dubov to the Grand Prix, and it would be fantastic to see him in the Candidates this time around".

FIDE Grand Prix is a 3-event series that features 24 players, each of whom will compete in two out of three tournaments. The series will take place in Berlin, Germany, and Belgrade, Serbia.

The prize fund for each event is EUR 150,000, which is a EUR 20,000 increase from 2019.

The FIDE Grand Prix Series 2022 is supported by Algorand as the Official Blockchain Partner, Kaspersky as the Official Cybersecurity Partner, FIDE Online Arena as the official gaming platform, and Prytek as the Technology Transfer Partner of the Series.

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